Manual:Infantry Manual:Appendix C

Guide to Acronyms
Here is a list of commonly used acronyms in this manual. Entries followed by an asterisk have a separate glossary entry. Other terms are covered in detail in their respective manual sections.

APC* Armored Personnel Carrier

BDU Battle Dress Uniform

BF Beam Frequency

BSS Battlefield Surveillance System

C3 Command, Control, Communications

CDM Conductive Droplet Munition

CEMS Combat Electronics Management System

cm* centimeter

CQB Close-Quarter Battle

ECM* Electronic CounterMeasures

EM ElectroMagnetic

EMPW ElectroMagnetic Projectile Weapon

EXCHEG Extreme Conditions Hazardous Environment Garment (pronounced “ex-cheg”)

FAC Forward Air Controller

FDC Fire Direction Center

FLIR Forward-Looking InfraRed

GOEIS Ground Offensive Electronic Interdiction System (pronounced “goes”)

HE High Explosive

HIVAP HI Velocity Armor Piercing (pronounced “hi-vap”)

HMS Heavy Missile System

HQ Head Quarters

HW* Heavy Weapons

I-LINK Individual communications Link

IR InfraRed

ITR Inert Training Round

JHP Jacketed Hollow Point

kg* kilogram

km* kilometer

kph kilometers per hour

kt* kiloton

LI Light Infantry (man)

LOS Line Of Sight -OR- Loss Of Signal (depends on context)

LW* Light Weapons

m* meter

MACO Military Assault Command Operations

MAPLIML MAn Portable Light Infantry Missile Launcher (usually called “mapper”)

MFG Multi-Function Grip

MI Mechanized Infantry

MIPPA Marine Infantry Personal Protective Armor (pronounced “mippa”)

MISS Mobile Infantry Shielding Systems

MOS* Marine Occupational Specialty

m/s meters per second

MSG Marine Strike Group

NCO Non-commissioned Officer

OBEJS Overlapping Bubble Electronic Jamming System

OC Oleoresin Capsicum

OIC Officer In Charge

PADD Personal Access Display Device

PCP Plasma Conformal Payload

PI Powered Infantry (man)

RDF Rapid Deployment Force

SAW Squad Automatic Weapon (pronounced “saw”)

SCRPRR Squad Compressed Rectification Phaser Rifle (pronounced “scrapper”)

SFMC Starfleet Marine Corps

SIM Squad Infantry Missile (pronounced “sim”)

SOC Special Operations Capable

SQI Skill Qualification Identifier

THEOG Thermal Hazardous Environment Overgarment (pronounced “thug”)

TVD Through-Visor Display

UFP United Federation of Planets

UE United Earth

UN* United Nations

UNPF* United Nations Peace Forces

UNPFMC United Nations Peace Forces Marine Corps

US United States

USMC United States Marine Corps

UV Ultra Violet

WGL Weapon-Mount Grenade Launcher (pronounced “wiggle”)